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american student enrollment in our district. right now, about 3% of students in our schools are african americans, but that does not include students that are mixed or students that decline to state or not specified, so that's to say there are more students that identify than we currently count. below that, you see the breakdown of current populatiopopulatio populations, which we highlight to see that african american students are in a monolith. as you look at our goal scorecard -- over the last five years, we've used our scorecard to consistently track or launch the same set of measures each year, our progress towards improving african american achievements where we've improved are number of african american students in student suspension, the disproportionality of special education placement particularly as it relates to being identified as emotionally disturbed, and also, the graduation rate has steadily risen over the last five years. we see there's a continuing and urgent need as it comes to addressing chronic absenteeism i

course was making the african-americans -- that what african-americans were lacking was fundamentally their human rights. the reason why he emphasized human rights, even though civil rights was the term of the day, was because that would allow him to connect what african-americans were seeking to what these african heads of state of newly d colonized nations were seeking, that the decolonization movement itself was a movement for human rights, that human rights have sovereignty over your own land, to have the ability to control your own economy, to elect your own leaders, the ability to not be someone else's colonial subject. -- his fundamental and in writing this appeal bringing african people worldwide together and causing african-americans to release themselves from anti-african plan was the sort of grand for malcolm in the last year of his life was he wanted these african heads of state to help him bring the u.s. government before the u.n., before the united nations, to charge the u.s. with violating the human rights of 22 million africans, african-americans. essentially, the u.s.

is american history t.v. all weekend, every weekend on coming up, we will learn more about the world war ii d-day invasion of normandy, france, which took place 75 years ago on june 6, 1944. alex kershaw joined us live. his new book is "the first wave: the d-day warriors who led the way to victory in world war ii." later you will hear from another author, looking at the impact of the invasion and its aftermath on the french. both she and alex responded to viewer questions and comments. [video clip] >> soldiers, sailors, and airmen, you are about to embark on a big crusade. the eyes of the world are upon you. the hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. in company with our brave allies and brothers in arms under their -- on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the german war machine, the elimination of nazi tyranny, and security for ourselves in a free world. your task will not be an easy one. your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped, and battle-hardened. he will

among african-americans, asian americans, hispanic americans, women in the workforce.th unemployment. it's a 50-year low. that keeps kids out of trouble. kids like when i was a kid. and the obama era of burdensome regulations, high taxes. 13 million more americans on food stamps after eight pathetic years of worst recovery since the '40s. the lowest home ownership rate in 51 years and the lowest labor participation rate since the '70s and took on more debt than 43 other presidents before them combined. yikes. never once in their entire eight years, biden-obama, did they have 3% gdp growth. america thankfully is on the move for who i described in the 2016 election, the forgotten men and women in this country. in other words, the people that make this country great. the people, not the government. the people. we, you, the people. it's up to now, us, to build on that progress, to preserve our constitutional values. unleash the full potential of the greatest country god has ever given man, and all of these accomplishments in almost two and a half years of a conspiracy theo

we have americans in this country and we call them elitists that live the american dream. put their kids in the best colleges ever. drive every place you think of. have a great retirement and tell the rest of our race they can't do it. why? because the white man won't let them. i think that's an insult to my parent, my grandparents. i did not grow up around white people until i was 16 years old and i was so proud to be up in that community in tallahassee, florida because we were kicking butt. we were leading our kids. they were teaching us how to be proud americans. last point. i went to university of miami to study biology. by the time i was in my junior year i decided i didn't want to do that anymore. you know i stayed with it because i was leaving high school because a white guy said i couldn't do it. my parents taught me if they say you can't, you do it. i lived in a library to prove that guy wrong. that's the way our race was. that's the way our race needs to be again. not think about what has happened to us in past. what strangers did to us 200 years ago has nothing

american because they have never tasted americanism. just because you are at the table does not mean you are what? americaause you are in does not mean you are an american. he would constantly make that analogy. i am sure you have people make that analogy. do they quote malcolm x. when they say that? no, they don't. right. this is critical. also think finally, he want to african-americans to have a positive perspective or realistic perspective i should africa because he believed, particularly by 1964, and newly de-african nations would be critical in african-americans finally gaining what he called their human rights. finally gaining their freedom. and what is important for us to understand is how and why he world, that the aecifically africa could play reading -- a leading role in the redemption, in the improvement of african americans and that is why i wanted you to read that 1964view he gave in july when he was attending the second organization of african unity conference in egypt because he talks about -- and i quote -- it pressures

inside and outside the party, roosevelt led a transformation of the american government and the american economy. like today, the quest for transformative change was opposed by big business, wall street, the political establishment, by the republican party and by the conservative wing of fdr's own democratic party. and he faced the same scare tactics then that we experience today - red baiting, xenophobia, racism and anti-semitism. in a famous 1936 campaign speech roosevelt stated, "we had to struggle with the old enemies of peace -- business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. "they had begun to consider the government of the united states as a mere appendage to their own affairs. we know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob. [applause] never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. they are unanimous in their hate for me - and i welcome their hatred." [applause] [chanting "bernie"] "bernie"] i must say it

the two great crimes in american history is honestly the destruction of this country's native americannd the new destruction -- not the destruction, the near destruction of the native american population and theft of their land and onto work that land was brought in native africans into this country, beginning in 1619. those twin processes profoundly altered the shape of the world and made this country possible. obviously, first of all, the land on which america -- i americans currently reside was the land of native americans, but the people brought in to break that land just transformed -- the process derived from slavery are more extreme than i think are commonly acknowledged. as i said yesterday, in 1860, 14 milliond was enslaved black people in this country was some $3 billion, nearly $75 billion in today's inre of dollars, of cotton this country was the largest export, the majority of export out of this country. so from a financial perspective, does the economics of it, it is absolutely impossible to imagine america without enslavement. the onset of the syllable war, -- civil war,

you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. >> welcome to the detroit historical museum. this shows us the history of detroit from basically before up throughs settled the rise of the various in the city. about a span of 200 years. the city of detroit

he's ultimately going to move back, allow free african-americans, and openly enslaved african americans. why the change? now, two schools of thought, one is the pragmatic. the british, under lord dunmore, will issue proclamations for freedom for any slaves that fight against the colonists. washington gave the same offer. is this about men? is this about combating this? the other thing, maybe he has a change of heart when he gets reports like these. talk about a veteran of the campaigns around boston, a character so brave a man who behaves like an experienced officer as well as an excellent soldier. so, not just any soldier, but an experienced officer, so elevating an african-american soldier. general john thomas says they are equally serviceable with other men, all other men. looking at the conduct and honorable major. it could be both. there is roughly 5000 african-americans or so that are going to serve in some capacity in the continental army, ultimately offering freedom for service. meanwhile, things don't go so well. for washington's army. in fact, in battles around philadelphia, w

eastern here on american history tv. thee are back live at gettysburg college in pennsylvania for the civil war institute's annual summer conference. talking abouthess the 1864 atlanta campaign or do you are watching american history tv on c-span3. [crowd noises] >> good afternoon everyone. it is my pleasure this afternoon to introduce earl hess. earl is the stuart w mccall and at lincolnstory

the american dream is working again. for every american.omenemployment rate for is at a 60 year low and it is the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for african americans and hispanic americans. [applause] i can tell youe: in this room, confidence is back. jobs are back. america is back. [applause] vice pres. pence: [crowd chanting usa] know the timeline of our security. on years where we saw a reckless cutbacks in our military. office theree took were literally american aircraft grounded so they could be used for spare parts for other aircraft to keep them in the air. thanks to this president's leadership, president trump signed the largest increase in our national defense since the days of ronald reagan. we are rebuilding our military. we are restoring the arsenal of democracy. we are once again giving our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guard the resources and training they deserve. [applause] with that renewed american strength we have a president who is once again embracing his role as leader of the free world. standi

it sometimes overlaps with the euro-american and african-american perspective on southern american history, but it is nonetheless a different perspective that native people bring to this history. and i should begin by just emphasizing, and this will really rock your socks, that virginia is not part of the south. what? at least not all of virginia. now, the southern culture zone that native americans called home prior to contact and indeed after contact with europeans begins roughly around the nottoway river among the nottoway peoples and what is today southwestern virginia. that was traditionally cherokee hunting lands. it is in those hunting lands that cherokee warriors in tiblg -- in particular often had tack -- had contact in central virginia. the geography of the south changes when we look at southern history. it is something that i develop and explain in more detail in the book. in addition to the stories and the way we talk about the stories of the south change as well. let me just sort of talk about someone who you probably all have heard of before. a young girl in the 17th century

proud american. an example of what happens with any race or culture is given hope and opportunity and freedom. it did not end there by the way. the history of our block country , black america has been stolen from us for decades. almost over a century. look to washington in 1882. by 1905 it was producing more self made black millionaires than harvard yale and princeton combined. the 40s, 50s and 60s was a black community that led our country in terms of men committed to marriage. it was 70% and now it's 30%. we were committed to business owners. we now have more high precision men incarcerated in college. my degree was biology. i learned a long time ago that slavery is not a gene in the dna hallux. it is our actions and her attitude and our belief. i do not believe in reparation. it points to a certain race and a certain color. it points to evil and points the other race, my race, as one that is not only become racist, but also beggars. i do believe in restitution. let's point to the party that was p

in american values, american interests and american relationships. first and foremost, values. the greatest strategic advantage for america has always been the fact that america stood for values shared by humanity, touching aspirations be on the border. [applause] >> however imperfectly, principles of freedom and democracy that stir human beings wherever they live. american strength has grown. today we worry about the current administration's abandonment of the american commitment to promoting democratic values. just a few years ago it was democrats, they undertook democracy promotion so violent and so misguided that it very nearly made a solution us of my party, to untangle the consequences of that scrambled period we must remember the lesson of the iraq disaster is not that there's anything wrong with standing for american values but rather that any action in the name of such values must be strategic, legitimate and constrained by the premise that we only use force when left with no alternative. [cheers and applause] >> this brings me to the concep

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talk about this supposed a promise for this council to attack it was the iranian taking down of an american navy drone which at least according to the russian intelligence happened within the rainy and air space if that's indeed the case then iran had. so for the right to do what it wanted to do. don't you think that that might have been the reason that spoke trump that they suppose it cuz this valley for this strike is so weak this is something according to the reports been hearing from american me that they said that they refrain to do so because they thought they felt that they thought that it happened in inside the iranian airspace iran clearly and transparently announced that because the drone enter into iran in their space they target that they wanted to send a warning to the united states by saying that if they aggressive in the territory they will target that trump said that if they wanted to attack they would have killed about 150 people in the rain inside but the question comes to me is that americans attack a country in the past why nuclear bombs do they really care about killing

when the african-american singer marian anderson was banned from performing in the daughters of the american revolution concert hall here in washington, many figures and fdr's fdr's administration, including eleanor roosevelt, helped to arrange anderson's new open air concert in front of the lincoln memorial. rolealso lauded lincoln's in striking the chains of slavery from marian anderson's ancestors. thisnk the timing of concert is particularly important. it is april, 1939. it is a moment of growing awareness of nazi is a -- not -- nazism abroad. singersmparing jewish i stageanned from a naz and anderson being shunned from the dar hall, one person pointed out the crucial difference between hitler's germany and roosevelt america. in washington, we have a shrine for abraham lincoln. in this more explicit acknowledgment of lincoln's role as an emancipated, including his work in freeing those of an oppressed race. take a new poised to role as the 1940's begin. he appeared with increasing frequency in hollywood movies and broadway plays. he figured as the central 1941ct in aaron copland's lincol

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to exclude african americans from the g.i. bill to social security, intentionally designed to exclude blacks as was school segregation, redlining, neighborhoods like the one in which i live which were by design. walled off and disinvested in. and while these policies of the past, their damage and their reality has endured across generations and have created and led to so much of the racial wealth gaps in our country. right now we see cities like boston where the average white family has somewhere around $240,000 in wealth and the average black family has about $8 in wealth. health outcomes also vary widely by race. national black women are nearly four times as likely to die from pregnancy complications from whielt women. our criminal justice system, no difference between blacks and whites between selling drugs or using drugs but african americans are about four times more likely to be arrested. these injustices do not just cause injustice for african americans. it enforces a deep injustice in our nation as a whole. it is a can

and as i said before, about african-american, i now say also about hispanic-americans, and asisasiaasian-american unemploy. reached lowest rates in our history of unemployment. african-american poverty has also reached by far the lowest rate in history, these are incredible numbers. and today right now, as we speak, almost 160 million people are working, that more than ever before. the first time ever the number of people is almost 160 million, we'll break that number soon. [cheers and applause] women filled 60% of the new jobs created last year, women's unemployment is now, the lowest it has been in 74 years. [cheers and applause] wages are rising at the fastest rate in many decades. really want is nice -- what nice, they are rising the fastest for the lowest income americans. isn't that nice, percentagewise. our pledge to american worker through ivanka trump, she has worked so hard. she has worked hard. has secured commitments to provide private sector training opportunities to nearly 10 million americans. it has been an incredible story, incredible story, freight great job -- great job to get

during the spanish-american war. and then a number of years later, theodore roosevelt expected all his sons to serve in world war i. and theodore roosevelt said his son, i would look upon them with shame if they didn't serve in the way i would look upon my daughters if they didn't have children. those were the expectations. junior really lived up to those expectations. he served in world war i. he was a political rival with cousin franklin roosevelt during the great depression. but when world war ii started, the two cousins put their differences aside. theodore junior wanted to get into the military once again. initially he served as a commander in the first infantry division. he served in the big red one, which was one of the few battle tested divisions to go into normandy. however roosevelt did not gain a lot of acclaim or trust in the eyes of omar bradley or george patton. theodore roosevelt, jr. had a very laid-back persona, and that wasn't up to snuff with somebody who was spit and polish as george patton was. o

as the president said, african american history is american history. they may have a certain history that's not being told. women, children. even in hiring people in the beginning, wanted the variety. we had to have a live variety. have a 50-year-old, some 60-year-olds. it's good to have a range of people. support, a lot of lot of support for the churches. and then going around to the employees. big props to this brother -- i would always salute them. he would be serving and come out there. big props to him. whenever she heard the drum she would sit there and i would salute her every time. of encouragement the african-american programs needed. left don't get it from the we get it from each other. that's what's important, they understood. they understood what you may have gone through. i think we run out of time. i want to take a couple of questions. and for any buddy who helped us in the program, please stand so we can recognize who you lost. thank you. all right. think that your point at the end about how did we do this 79, >>tive, because in brought

african-americans were always supposed to take their hat off of white males. well, while he was on this on.ator, he kept this hat no one said anything. a few days later, one of the legislators requested a bill to remove funding from the institution, from under the school, the public instruction, put it directly under the rule of the legislators, because really punish shepard for that. so those were some of the ways shepard -- he didn't overtly challenge white supremacy in that time. did it in a more subvert way. so he didn't remove his hat, which was really challenging the racial etiquette of the day. but at the same time, he came back and said, i didn't realize i had my hat on. so those are the type of ways attempt to ob -- the racial etiquettes of the day. >> what motivated you to write book? >> i read a book in graduate school titled "gender and jim crow," which was a great work on relations in the state of north carolina and in the south. there was a chapter on the i'vely tower -- ivory tower. passage about james shepard. that's what led me down this trail

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eastern on american the 19th amendment to the u.s. constitution, granting women the right to vote, was passed by congress 100 years ago, on june 4, 9019. tv,, on american history historian susan talks about some of the 19 lesser-known suffrage leaders profiled in her book "why they marched: untold stories of the women who fought for the right to vote." this national archives event is a companion to the centennial exhibit, "rightfully hers: american women and the vote." exhibit openedew upstairs in the large gallery. this exhibit is the cornerstone of our centennial celebration of the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote. is rightfullyment celebrated as a major milestone made possible by decades of relentless political engagement and it is one piece of the larger story of the women's battle. it begins with the struggle for withage but does not end the ratification. the final section examines both the immediate impact of the suffrage amendment and the voting rights struggle that persisted into modern day. kareem porter is t

national policy toward native americans, tribal self-determination. to tribes byonomy allowing indians to control their own affairs and be independent of federal oversight, without being cut off from federal support. melendez, chairman of the reno-sparks indian colony in independence, health care for native americans and the relationship with federal, state and tribal governments. >> many tribes have large land bases, but in nevada most of the tribes have small land bases, most of them referred to as colonies. in california they are referred and in nevadaas, they are colonies, but they have the same status as reservations. there is no difference, they are just smaller. that,1917, even before nd other paiutes a people were in the truckee meadows valley in reno-sparks, they would camp along the truckee river. there are historic camps along s andiver where paitue washo camps, areas where they were encamped. there was a movement by some of the townspeople to support an indian reservation, because they indians camped at different areas. the idea was if you

it's a huge win for american workers and american jobs. >> what is the timing on this?ll the president officially submit to the congress and then they've got 60 days to vote on it? you want this done by the summer. when you expect the president to push this through officially. >> as we speak, the u.s. trade representative will be on capitol hill when congress reconvenes this coming week. in discussions with members of the democrat majority about that implementing legislation. i can tell you, president trump is ready to go. >> my thanks to mike pence for taking the time to sit down with me for that wide-ranging discussion. i want to bring in kevin mccarthy joining me exclusively this morning. peter mccarthy, it's a pleasure to see you. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> why would the president pick a fight with mexico now knowing that you've already got pushback in terms of getting this thing over the finish line by your colleagues on the left. >> maria, you've actually been to the border. you know the crisis that has happened. if i recall correctly, you

system they need, a system that finally puts american patients first.ant to thank everyone for being here. it is a very important day, very special day. god bless you and god bless america. thank you very much. [applause] pres. trump: thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you, everybody. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] pres. trump: oh, do i look forward to running against them. >> tuesday, president donald trump holds a rally in orlando, florida, officially launching his run for a second term. atch live on c-span2, online cspan.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> this weekend, american history tv has live two-day coverage of the annual gettysburg college civil war institute summer conference, starting saturday at 8:30 a.m. eastern with a discussion on jubal early, with a professor from virginia commonwealth university. a look at matter'na-- nat turner's rebellion. the commonwe

the american tents that u.s. was -- in many ways it symbolized the notion of teamwork and the essence of camaraderie. a tentd be one half of and each soldier would have one half of a tent. with aded to team up battle buddy so he could bring his other half. this.were variations on sometimes they would get six or eight of them together. if you're in the fall and the people willother offer additional body heat. unfortunately for a lot of guys they move so frequently and quickly that a lot of times they didn't even have the opportunity to set up a tent or encampment perhaps like we have here today. the advance into europe was mountainous and strenuous. mostought about the enduring hardships that could be imagined. tore is a story we like share with visitors and students. george wilson wore the same pair of socks for five months. he never once had the opportunity to take off his shoes and wash his feet. hee spring of 1945 when finally had an opportunity to bathe, he went to take off his socks and appealed the skin off

can be students of american history? is it only for the academic or the k through 12 teacher, or are all of us history?students of and is history performed only and understood only in a setting? how do you make sense of hamilton as a national phenomenon? powerful to think that inspiresrroll's book this musical that becomes a smash hit, where you realize the obama administration is probably the only event where saw theeys and obamas same thing and had a similar vision of american history. is social media impacting history and how we think about it?how we learn about >> i think social media serves as a teaser, right? characters are -- you can't tell the complex stories of american history. session last night, very interesting plenary, that had journalists talking with how weans about chronicle the past. and what a journalist will do, look,urnalist will say, our format is 800 words. we need you to write for us in 800 words. we had a bum bunch of scholars going, oh, i'm just getting started in 800 words. you realize with soc

"i'm an american," he said. "i'm an american," he said. "i'm here to help."h woman was overcome with emotion and cried. days later, she laid flowers on fresh american graves. today, her granddaughter, stefanie, serves as a guide at this cemetery. this week, stefanie led 92-year-old marian wynn of california to see the grave of her brother don for the very first time. marian and stefanie are both with us today. and we thank you for keeping alive the memories of our precious heroes. thank you. [applause] 9388 young americans rest beneath the white crosses and stars of david arrayed on these beautiful grounds. each one has been adopted by a french family that thinks of him as their own. they come from all over france to look after our boys. they kneel. they cry. they pray. they place flowers. and they never forget. today, america embraces the french people and thanks you for honoring our beloved dead. thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you. [applause] to all of our friends and partners, our cherished alliance was forged in the heat of battle, tested in the t

cole is a living history presenter and lex tours on american history -- lectures on american ohio in the per sunshine an henry doug losses. hi surnames include cole, lies, pettiford, bates, day, walled don and anderson, the oldest names in this nation actually. larry currie and his wife, matta, live in rural bridgeport written there have been morrises since the late 1790s. mr. currie and his wife happen deep an ancestor roots in. these early ancestors have inspired his interest as a browser, collector and he says somewhat researcher, with a deep curiosity about the early african-american pilgrims, some who settled here over 200 years ago. mr. curry is a board member of the lawrence county historical society, a member of a lawrence county arts council, helping hand volunteer, and a lyle station indiana volunteer worker. scott heerman is a professor at the university of miami, and the author over the alchemy of slavery. human bondage and emancipation in the illinois country and i'm going to have him talk briefly about his work so the way this is going to go today -- i know we don't hav

the fate of african-americans. the character of the nationthe fate of african-americans. , you could read that larger as the place of minorities. all sorts of people in democracy. the very meaning of pluralism. yet reconstruction was a period in u.s.d history. if we can identify the united states character, it is in reconstruction. inwe are finding a meaning what way became and how and why we as a nation have done and do things, reconstruction is a dangerous time. people and communities worked out new systems. reconstruction showed the real possibilities of an interracial democracy. during reconstruction, african-americans knew the importance of the right to vote. african-american leader frederick douglass -- let's see how this works -- declared the right to vote was the keystone of the art of human liberty. after the civil war many abolitionists joined african-americans in thinking voting as a principal should be enshrined in the constitution. some thought the 14th amendment would have accomplished that. some thou

[applause] >> the american dream is working again for every american. the unemployment rate for women is at a 60 year low. it is the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for african-americans and hispanics americans. [applause] i can tell you in this room firsthand, confidence is back. jobs are back. in a word, america is back. [applause] [chanting usa] >> as we all know, the foundation is prosperity and security. beenat, the president has busy. after years when we sell reckless cutbacks in our military, at a time when we took office, there were american military aircraft that were grounded so they can be used as spare parts for other aircraft to keep them in the air. thanks to this president's leadership and our strong allies in the congress, president trump signed the largest increase in our national defense since the days of ronald reagan. we are rebuilding our military. restoring the arsenal of democracy, and we are once again giving our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guard the resources and training they deserve. [applause] with th

eastern, here on american history tv on c-span3. tonight, on lectures in history, dickinson college lerfessor jim heff perceptions of death in the united states since the 1800s. here's a preview. >> many of these homes had parlor rooms. this is where they would bring put the body in the house. the parlor. that is why, when funeral directors started industrializing their businesses, they called it a funeral parlor. they took the word from a name of the house and used it to indicate what would happen there. the body would be prepared by the family. what does that mean? that means they would wash the body, they would dress grandma, they would get her all fixed up and then take her down to the way. -- wake. now you have people who are completely in touch with death. they see it in the cycle of life. people are dying in the house. they are standing next to or sitting next to people who died. i note it looks like and what it smells like. they know what it feels like. it's a tactile thing. it is part of their life. they would build the cas

we put american agriculture first, american workers first, and we're just taking that message not just to capitol hill, but i've literally been traveling all across the country carrying that message to farms, to factories, and we have every confidence that as the american people let their voice be heard, that the usmca will be approved by the congress of the united states. but we're just determined to carry the message of what this will mean for jobs, for growth, for opportunity, and we think it's absolutely essential. just like they're doing here in canada, that the congress move on approving the usmca and approving it this summer. maria: you want this approved by the summer, but speaker pelosi has said she's not even sure that she's going to bring it down to floor for a vote, so how do you convince her to bring it for a vote assuming that it does pass once it gets down on the floor? >> look, we've been in regular consultations with democratic leadership in the house, republican leadership in the senate. we've been talking to rank and file as well. and what the usmca's going to mean i

the russians seeking to manipulate african american voters appealed to african american voters on the internet. it's something that is not allowed in any state and would have the effect of tricking people into believing that they had voted when they, in fact cast no vote. manipulative social media posts that were distributed by russian trolls. if they couldn't convince people not to vote, they were going to make sure as many of our votes as possible would not be counted. that's just a general overview of the issues we examine in this year's state of black america. i might add that the russians created people like louisa hanes. louisa hanes was a black life matter activist, she was a russian troll. she had the handle woke louis a. hughesa was very active in social media telling african-americans don't vote. all politicians are sellouts. all democrats are sellouts. by the way, if you do vote, don't vote for the democratic candidate. ladies and gentlemen, this effort by the russians to manipulate and use social media is a new dimension in our fight for democracy in america. it's a new el

african-americans came to chicago as parts of one of the largest human migrations of the 20th century they were leaving the segregated and racist south in search of a new life in what many hoped would be a promised land and it was out of this experience that was born the 1st american muslim movements and it was known as the nation of islam. in the 1930 s. a radical idea began to spread through the cities of america the idea that white people were irredeemably evil form the coolness stone of the nation of islam. he's theology combined islam and black nationalism the nation's message appeal to african-americans who fled the bigotry of the south of the 1950 s. the nation had around 100000 members led by in large. part. the would gave the nation some credibility were high profile members including the boxer caches clay who took the name. and the radical charismatic activist malcolm x. in the present situation. but in 1965 after leaving the movement malcolm x. was assassinated defection sold enough to a larger mama died most of the membership converted to mainstream islam. i'm on a bit of

who we are as americans. i urge a strong bipartisan vote to pass this legislation and to safeguard every person's right to pursue his or her american dream. my colleagues, today on the floor of this house, we have the opportunity to be part of history, to be on the right side of history, but more importantly, to be on the right side of the future by voting and recognizing the value of dreamers to that future. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california reserves. the gentleman from georgia is ecognized. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will remind all persons in the gallery that they are here as guests of the house and any manifestation of approval or disapproval of the proceedings is in violation of the rules of the house. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. collins: may i have the time for both sides. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia has 7.25 minutes. the gentlewoman from kale has 9 .5 minutes. ms. lofgren: i'm prepared to close

americans across the political spectrum and in each generation show themselves invested in the american dream at home and prioritized its realization over any ambition to export it. conclude, my research on foreign policy at the grassroots level, oddly, has only confirmed the importance of their cultural formation and conditioning. if we find regular americans increasingly trapped in the iron cage of national security rationale, so are the foreign policy thinkers and makers, trapped in the ideological framework they themselves have created, perpetuated and reinforced. i like his argument and his phrasing. ae way he uses logic means compulsion, something he can't break free from, like an addiction. there is the more resigned version of the mid-level u.s. military officers. now that we are here, let's not question the whole project, because we are already in iraq. we are an empire now, we create our reality, we don't have to engage with this. as david and others have shown, even though foreign policy thinkerskers -- delete show their son a problem with the course correction seems as helpl

around the world and if anybody tries to oppress them in this country they can seek justice from the american government the fundamental freedoms guaranteed under islamic law and not far from these american ideals and that's amazing when you realize the koran predates the constitution by a 1000 years and there is evidence in washington that suggests america knows it's indebted to islam for its own citizens inalienable rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. this is the supreme court in washington now we can't get into film because they're actually in session but what i wanted to show you is a freeman's which is in the room where the chief justice is actually sits and dispense justice. this frees pays homage to the ideas and principles that have inspired the american legal system and one of the foundation documents represented in this freeze is the koran. and in the nation's capital there are a few other references to islam largely unknown rarely seen the thomas jefferson building contains the library of congress the oldest cultural institution in washington which was completed in